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DFA Live with Robert Reich “Saving Capitalism”

On Tuesday, October 21, 2015, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich joined hundreds of DFA members for a call on the 2016 election, his new book, "Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few" and to take live questions.

That episode and others offered clues to how Ocasio-Cortez and her social media practices fit into a national legislature that’s slowly becoming younger, less male and more diverse. The approach Ocasio-Cortez is modeling — and the political world is studying — gives her a measure of control by communicating directly with constituents and responding to critics in close to real time.

“She knows how to navigate this space in a way that others don’t,” said Yvette Simpson, incoming CEO of Democracy for America, a progressive political action committee. Also, Simpson pointed out, “She’s not accountable to that power structure” in Congress. “She’s accountable to the group that put her there.”